About Me

When I'm not acting the part of the college administrator, not co-pastoring a local church with my husband, and not exchanging stares with the teenager who lives in my house, I'm happily quilting there in a space of my own.
This blog helps me chronicle my journey as a new quilter and is my inspiration for keeping at it. I am not a professional and have no ambition to become one. I am simply having fun, indulging my love for fabrics, and trying to keep the right side of my brain from totally atrophying from all the reading, analyzing, critiquing, and deconstructing I do in my other life.

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Speaking of Dr. Donda West I was happy to see that as of yesterday most African American bloggers had decided against following the stampede. Posting the morbid audio recording of the 911 call made by Dr. Donda West’s friends just before her death is just too darn tacky a thing to do. Some bloggers passed on posting it probably out of respect for Kanye. Others, like myself, refuse to post it believing that some things ought to remain private. The confusion and bedlam surrounding the final seconds of a love one's life is one of them. I haven’t listened to the recording. Leave it to friends, however, to phone and summarize what they heard. Makes me wanna holler and throw up both my hands…

It now makes sense to me why Jesus ordered wailers and gawking spectators out the room so he could heal a little girl (Mark 5). Some things are private.

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Happy Holidays Rev. Renita: I'm co-signing on your feelings about the newest Donda West story. Some things should remain private. This family has to make it through the holidays without her. Her son has to make it through the Grammys in 2008 without her. They are still likely grieving and don't need the news to remind them of their mother everyday. In this age of 24/7 news I know we always feel like "We need to know", but uh no..we don't. Ashe! Dr. West.

The adage "Just because you can, doesn't mean you should" comes to mind. I wish we would be more mindful, but I guess the voyeurism tendencies of our day have made this just one of the many signs of the times. Praise God for HGTV and the Style Network...and of course reading too!

About Me

When I'm not acting the part of the college administrator, not co-pastoring a local church with my husband, and not exchanging stares with the teenager who lives in my house, I'm happily quilting there in a space of my own.
This blog helps me chronicle my journey as a new quilter and is my inspiration for keeping at it. I am not a professional and have no ambition to become one. I am simply having fun, indulging my love for fabrics, and trying to keep the right side of my brain from totally atrophying from all the reading, analyzing, critiquing, and deconstructing I do in my other life.